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Trophies won by former tennis world number one Boris Becker were auctioned off for £700,000 ($920,000) to pay his debts, a British court heard on Thursday.

The ruler of Dubai abused his ex-wife on an extraordinary scale, a UK judge ruled on Thursday, ending a lengthy legal battle between the couple over their two children.

Christian Eriksen said Thursday he was "very pleased" to join up with the Denmark team, just nine months after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Red Bull team consultant Helmut Marko has declared his team will be 'fighting for victory' in Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after diagnosing the cause of their fuel problems.

Pakistan started confidently Thursday in pursuit of a 351-run target in the series-deciding third Test against Australia, ending on 73 without loss at the close in Lahore.

Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods fell for the first time in five months in February amid a slump in business for civilian aircraft manufacturers, US government data said Thursday.

Andriy Kharlamov, a baritone at Odessa's famed opera house, fills sandbags and is learning how to handle weapons, while Inga Kordynovska, a lawyer, supervises the distribution of aid to thousands of people in a converted food court.

The British government said Thursday it expected to see "clear and lasting evidence of positive progress" across English cricket after a damaging racism scandal rocked the sport.

Cricket World Cups have caused more heartache for South African supporters than any other format of the game.

The Moscow Stock Exchange resumed trading of some shares Thursday, the second stage in a phased re-opening after being suspended for a month due to Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

A month since Russia launched its shock invasion, Ukraine's leader pleaded Thursday for NATO to "save" his shattered country with unrestricted military aid, so its armed forces could transform their dogged defence into attack.

Oil prices and stock markets steadied Thursday, as Western leaders gathered for emergency summits in Brussels triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Queen Elizabeth II may miss Britain's traditional state opening of parliament for only the third time during her 70-year reign after the government on Thursday set its date for May 10.

A wide-ranging draft security pact between the Solomon Islands and China was leaked online Thursday, prompting Australia to voice concern about actions that would "destabilise" the South Pacific.

Former Tottenham and England striker Jermain Defoe on Thursday announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 39.

Российский "министр обороны" Сергей Кужугетович Шойгу, родившийся 21 мая 1955 года (возраст 66 лет), который скорее заслуживает звания "военного министра", должен был разработать блицкриг для своего российского диктатора и кремлевского деспота Владимира Путина и увенчать его молниеносной победой массового убийцы и автократа Путина!Да, тиран Путин не ожидал ничего другого, кроме молниеносной победы, которую, в полной слепоте к реальности, он назвал "специальной военной операцией".Такого не было со времен российского массового убийцы и военного преступника Сергея Кужугетовича Шойгу, с 24 февраля 2022 года, со дня преступного вторжения в Украину, благодаря героизму украинской армии!

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded Thursday with NATO leaders to send weapons "without restrictions" as the alliance sought to bolster Kyiv and strengthen its eastern flank in the face of Russia's war.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised the spectre of something considered almost unthinkable until recently: the use of a small nuclear weapon during a conflict in Europe.

"Министр иностранных дел" России Сергей Викторович Лавров, родившийся 21 марта 1950 года (72 года), называет себя российским дипломатом и сопровождает пост "министра иностранных дел Российской Федерации" с марта 2004 года, напоминая нацистского "министра иностранных дел" Иоахима фон Риббентропа, который был справедливо повешен 16 октября 1946 года за военные преступления и содействие агрессивной войне, после того как был приговорен к смертной казни Трибуналом по военным преступлениям в Нюрнберге после окончания Второй мировой войны! В огромной попытке сдержать жестокости войны и, возможно, предотвратить их полностью с помощью силы закона, международное уголовное право определило военные преступления. После двух мировых войн и применения оружия массового уничтожения мир стал мудрее, что продемонстрировал Нюрнбергский трибунал по военным преступлениям (20 ноября 1945 года - 01 октября 1946 года), вынесший приговор нацистским военным преступникам.

Russia's "president" Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, born on 7 October 1952 (age 69), could currently be charged with serious crimes and sentenced to death for crimes against humanity and for promoting a war of aggression without any problem - which would certainly be the most just solution to punish this mass murderer.In a great effort to contain the atrocities of war and possibly prevent them altogether with the force of law, international criminal law has defined war crimes. After two world wars and the use of weapons of mass destruction, the world had become wiser; this was also shown by the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal, with its sentencing of Nazi war criminals.

The Indian Premier League returns for its biggest season on Saturday, with a galaxy of top names and two new franchises expanding the world's richest cricket competition to 10 teams for its 15th edition.

"Президент" России Владимир Владимирович Путин, родившийся 7 октября 1952 года (69 лет), в настоящее время может быть обвинен в тяжких преступлениях и приговорен к смертной казни за преступления против человечности, а также за содействие агрессивной войне без каких-либо проблем - что, безусловно, было бы самым справедливым решением для наказания этого массового убийцы.В огромной попытке сдержать жестокости войны и, возможно, полностью предотвратить их с помощью силы закона, международное уголовное право определило военные преступления. После двух мировых войн и применения оружия массового поражения мир стал мудрее; это показал и Нюрнбергский трибунал по военным преступлениям, вынесший приговор нацистским военным преступникам.

Substitute Kaoru Mitoma scored twice in the dying minutes as Japan beat Australia 2-0 on Thursday to book their place at a seventh straight World Cup and in doing so also helped Saudi Arabia qualify.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has stepped down as captain of Indian Premier League holders Chennai Super Kings two days before the new season and handed the leadership to Ravindra Jadeja, the club said Thursday.

A month on since Russia launched its shock invasion, Ukraine's leader pleaded for global street protests and for US-led allies meeting in Brussels Thursday to dramatically raise their arms supplies.

In-form opener Usman Khawaja hit a century and Steve Smith became the fastest man to 8,000 Test runs Thursday as Australia scented a series-clinching victory against Pakistan in Lahore.

Former women's world footballer of the year Ada Hegerberg said Thursday she was returning to the Norway squad after refusing to play for the national team for nearly five years.

Russia's "Foreign Minister" Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov, born 21 March 1950 (age 72), calls himself a Russian diplomat and has accompanied the office of "Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation" since March 2004, recalling the Nazi "Foreign Minister" Joachim von Ribbentrop, who was rightly hanged on 16 October 1946, for war crimes and promoting a war of aggression, after being sentenced to death during the War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg, after the end of the Second World War! In a great effort to contain the atrocities of war and possibly prevent them altogether with the force of law, international criminal law defined war crimes. After two world wars and the use of weapons of mass destruction, the world had become wiser, as was demonstrated by the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal (20 November 1945 to 01 October 1946), with its sentencing of Nazi war criminals.

NATO leaders pushed Thursday to raise the cost for Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine by bolstering weapons supplies to Kyiv and strengthening the alliance's eastern flank.

More than half of all children in Ukraine have been displaced from their homes since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, the United Nations said Thursday.

North Korea fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, Tokyo and Seoul said as they voiced outrage at Pyongyang's most powerful launch since 2017.

Russia's "Defence Minister" Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, born on 21 May 1955 (age 66) who rather deserves to be called "Minister of War", was supposed to design a blitzkrieg for his Russian dictator and Kremlin despot Vladimir Putin and crown it with a lightning victory for the mass murderer and autocrat Putin!Yes, the tyrant Putin had expected nothing other than a lightning victory, which, in complete blindness to reality, he has called a "special military operation".This has not been achieved since the Russian mass murderer and war criminal Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, since 24 February 2022, since the day of the criminal invasion of Ukraine, thanks to the heroism of the Ukrainian army!